Swedish History Museum

The Swedish History Museum (known in Swedish as Historiska museet or, more formally, Statens historiska museum) is a museum located in Stockholm, Sweden that covers Swedish archaeology and cultural history from the Mesolithic onwards. It is one of the largest museums in Sweden and holds more than 10 million artefacts.[1]

The main museum building, the design of architects Bengt Romare and George Scherman 1935–1940, reflects an ambivalence between the predominant modern style of the era and the historical context given not only by the context requirements, but also the 19th century barracks and stables south of the museum designed by Fredrik Blom and built 1805–1817. The latter are neoclassicist in style and the repetitive façades used to be exposed to the Stockholm Harbour, while the former forms a compact block taking a step backwards from the street to leave space for a forecourt.[2] The portico and sculptures on the main façade were designed by the sculptor Bror Marklund in 1938.